$1,900
'OUR WILD INDIANS' SALESMAN'S SAMPLE, 1882, SIGNED BY PRES. ARTHUR, CABINET MEMBERS, & DIGNITARIES:Including 1 original salesman's sample, or "dummy", book for Col. Richard I. Dodge's OUR WILD INDIANS: THIRTY-THREE YEARS' PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AMONG THE RED MEN OF THE GREAT WEST, with the original brown cloth-covered boards with gilt embossing, containing a sampling of pages from the actual book, two binding style options, and lined pages where orders were recorded by hand by prospective purchasers, such as President Chester A. Arthur, Robert Todd Lincoln (Secy. Of War), William H. Hunt (Secy. Of the Navy), Samuel J. Kirkwood (Secy. of the Interior), Charles J. Folger (Secy. Of Treasury), General William T. Sherman, Buffalo Bill Cody, various foreign dignitaries, and others; as well as 1 copy of the actual book, published by A. D. Worthington & Co., Hartford, Conn., 1885. Two items total.
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2010-12-11
